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Read it here. Because the font is important to me.

Edited 2016-10-30 21:37 (UTC)

[Susan's watched and listened to Lauren and Carly talk, and even though he's not positive, he thinks that maybe them talking more would be a good thing. They seem to get along pretty well, and Lauren could use more friends... Or maybe more than friends.

When he sees a fancy restaurant in the Matrix, complete with various couples having a romantic meal together, it doesn't take him long to get an idea put together in his head. The first part of which, of course, is a letter to Carly.]

Dear Carly,

This might be kind of forward of me but I was hoping you would want to have dinner with me. I found a place that has food that I thought you might want to go to with me, it's name is [there is a restaurant name here]. If you're interested then please come tomorrow night and I will be there.

Don't respond to this letter!

-Lauren

[Despite being signed as being from Lauren, the handwriting is obviously much messier and less careful than Lauren's writing, but Susan just hopes she won't notice. Now to just get Lauren to show up...]

Edited 2016-12-01 07:48 (UTC)

[Steven's been making seashell jewelry with the merfolk, and so naturally he's decided to share the wealth with his treasured friends. He'll either give it to you in person or via your mailbox. If in person, he'll pretty much just swim up to you and be like "Here! This is for you! I made it!" and if you get it in the mailbox it will have a note with it that basically says the same thing, plus a small doodle of a heart-shaped fish.

Steven has made Carly a seashell necklace. It will be gifted sometime during the off week.]

[Nearing the end of Carly's and Lambert's presentation about Mainframe, Allen heads to the trailer park. He hadn't wanted to stick around after he got the gist of it, so he left a little before Q&A was over.

Now he's wandering around the trailers looking rather lost, trying to find which one is hers. Wondering if this is even a good idea. He kind of pried a little back there . . .]

Hey, it's me. You got a minute to talk?

[ Lambert's not really in a mood to see anyone else, so he's staying well away from the crowded areas of the Carnival in the little time they have left before things truly hit the shitter. He's heading back down the mountain trail from ... wherever he's been, riding on Pig, when he catches sight of the figure floating in the waters of the lake. It's hard to mistake those changes for anyone else's, even at this distance, but considering how their last conversation ended, is approaching really a good idea right now?

Not that he has any choice. Pig -- and now Butcher -- are quartered there, after all. He guides the Mudsdale over to the rough pen by the lakeside, and it'll be hard to miss the two sets of hooves clopping on the ground. One set large and plodding, the other lighter and swifter, belonging to the orange donkey darting around the bigger horse. ]

[Junko contacts Carly and asks for "fleece pink leopard fabric, regular cotton, same color, and some fairy lights if you have them. Oh! And some pins and colorful letters? I'll do a super duper big favor in return!"

~~Mun chatted with Usagi with Carly's answer given as:~~ "no!!! It's fine! Every girl needs to be able to decorate~!'"

And so, Junko obtained what she requested, except maybe the fairy lights if they're available. ]

[ With absolutely no preamble: ]

Hey, Carly.

I need something better to wear.

[ Package delivery and an invitation to meet. ]

In a box as nicely wrapped as one can manage in the Carnival without blatantly stealing, Carly will find a king-sized quilt in her favorite colors (if Junko is allowed to analyze something like that) or a simple rainbow like the picture if not. Junko only learned to sew on D1, the fact that she could get this ornate with costume fabric scraps just big enough to make up a triangle without using a bolt of fabric...

It's absurd. But that's what she does. The only disappointment is the lack of variation in thread colors. It's a warm and comfortable thing, too, with the right, warmer scraps fitted to the underside and the more colorful ones outside. There's some insulation in there too, but it feels pretty DIY and amazing at the same time.

Included is a note:
"Hey Boss-chan! ❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc)
Just letting you know I reeeeeeally appreciated the big favor at the beginning of the week. It made a huge difference in how comfortable I was!
I have this little rule about repaying in threes. This is number one. Number two and three (and four, I guess, consider it a bonus), will be outside the tailor's tent later this week. ( ˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘ ) The sixth!

Until then!
Junko Enoshima"

[Left in Carly's mailbox is a painted card, along with a small, thoroughly taped bunch of wrapping and tissue paper. The card smells of pine needles, snow and a fireplace, and features Papyrus, waving enthusiastically ahead. Somehow there's boneprint snowflakes faintly falling against the pale background. Along the header and footer, the card reads:]

HAPPY GYFTMAS
(ON THE MOON)
FROM PAPYRUS!!!

[Inside, a personal message continues:]

I SAW THIS, AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE IT!
I WASN'T SURE IF YOU'D WANT ANY COOL MAGICAL FABRIC, SINCE YOU PROBABLY SEE A LOT IN YOUR JOB...
BUT IF YOU DO! LET ME KNOW!
I HAVE A LITTLE MONEY I'M KEEPING ASIDE FOR LAST MINUTE, EMERGENCY GIFTING.
AND SLIGHTLY LESS EMERGENCY GIFTS.
BUT FASHION EMERGENCIES PROBABLY QUALIFY.

[The gift itself is a hummingbird broach made of relatively cheap materials, not much good for trading away.]

Edited (updating the card, sorry for inbox spam) 2018-01-06 23:33 (UTC)

[Left at Carly's cabin is an origami hummingbird with a note next to it:]

Carly,

Thank you for helping me with the sewing! I know you're all on vacation too but it was really important to me to get it right.

You can still ask me whenever you need help with something too.

Happy Solstice (I think that's what the Ringmaster called it)

Yuya

[ A package is dropped off at the wardrobe tent, addressed to Carly. Inside is 10 yards of the fabric described here and with a note in Lambert's clear, blocky script: ]

Since you're always making clothes for everyone else, you can use this to make yourself something for a change. I know shit all about what colors look good on someone who's always on fire, so I got you something you can change to whatever you want, whenever you want. Touch it and name a pattern or color, and you'll see for yourself. Just don't confuse it, or the results won't be pretty.

Happy solstice, or something.

Lambert

Edited 2017-11-27 07:42 (UTC)

I've a few questions for you! [ And then, without waiting for anything, Strange just continues talking. ]

One, can you teach me basic sewing stitches? Nothing too fancy, I simply want to sew someone's name on something and sew two pieces of fabric together for another. And another question: there is leftover fabric and ribbons when wardrobe makes outfits, correct? Can I use a piece or two of that for a present? Nothing too large, of course, it's for someone tiny.

[On B18, they will find a fancy looking gift box in his trailer with a note left on top. The handwriting is done in an over the top cursive that he might recognize as the Ringmaster's, written on aged papyrus with the ink seemingly made of shining gold.]

"Carly-

For when you need to shine a little less brightly, which hopefully won't be often.

The Ringmaster❧"

[Her signature is so massive and florid that it fills up the rest of the paper. When they opens the box, they'll find something like this, with a hooded cloak that fits over top. It is a shadow cloak, meaning it will neutralize the light coming off of her and her wings while she wears it. The jumpsuit is quite comfortable to wear and could be used to sleep in.]

Carly! I'm gettin' up ta somethin' back down in the carnival. Come and help~!

[ Left on Carly's bed is a note: ]

Check the wardrobe tent.

[ When she gets there, there's a few bouquets of flowers, some of which match fabric that Strange knows the carnival has excess of. They're just boring ordinary flowers but they look and smell amazing (ignore the fact that the vases are glasses he stole from the kitchen). There's also a box with 'To Carly' written on the top. Inside is a bottle of faerie ale and another note. ]

Because I know that I am a poor student and I suspect my incessant questions probably made you crave this. Thank you for all your help and happy holidays.
- J.S.

[ Connie delivers a wrapped copy of "Lonely without my Girlfriend", a romantic humor novel with the description "An overdramatic twenty something goes on ill advised adventures when her girlfriend leaves."

It comes with a handwritten note from Connie: ]

Happy Holidays, Carly! Thanks for helping me out when I first got back.

I got you a book! If you don't like this particular one, maybe you'll find one more to your liking in at the Book Swap!

[ Included is a crude drawing of the cabin layout with a star pointing to where the book swap is located. ]

CARLY!!!!!!

I require your particular brand of assistance. Can you make shirts for pets?

[Steven has left you a gift! There is a small note attached, left somewhere you are likely to find it.

It is a white throw pillow made with slightly iridescent faux fur, with a contrastingly pink patch of felt stitched to the front in the shape of a bird. The white fabric smells faintly of lavender and other hard to place relaxing aromas, and has subtle magical soothing effect from being close to it.]

"Happy Solstice, Carly!

I made this pillow with some magic fur material in the market. I think it smells really good, and being near it is supposed to make you feel more relaxed and ready to sleep!

I tried to make it look like a hummingbird but I've never drawn one before, I hope it looks ok.

Love,
Steven"

[On one hand, this could be awkward, but on the other hand-]

Oi, Carly, did ya hear about Steven?

[After all the... um... harmless shenanigans thanks to some poor judgement between people that know exactly who they are and what they did at the lake party, eventually Yugo remembers that there was still something he really wanted to talk about with Carly. So he chooses around the same time he marched into the wardrobe tent a couple days previous to radio directly to her private frequency.

And he does the call while outside his trailer so not to disturb his roommate.]

Hey, Carly... you awake over there?

Letter

letter

DELIVERY

VISIT

FREQUENCY 843.77425

ey, it's by the lake

[a brief message exchange in less than an hour's time]

day 4, afternoon

no subject

Mailbox - day 8

Sometime after making Gon's gift

[ present time, sometime after day 11 ]

day 11, moon time, private channel

no subject

B19, morning

B19

no subject

no subject

BREAK DAY 24

operation "gold medal surprise party for steven"

D32 BACKDATED